The Coalition

COMPANY» Founded 2012-11-01

Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

The Coalition is a first-party developer for Microsoft, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Overview

Previously known as Microsoft Vancouver as well as Black Tusk Studios, the company is composed of many ex-EA developers. Their original stated goal is to create a new Microsoft-published franchise that will become "the next Halo (Franchise)." At Microsoft's E3 2013 (Concept) press event, a brief trailer was shown of an Xbox One (Platform) game in development at Black Tusk, showing an armed man breaking into a skyscraper in Shanghai, China. However, no title or release date was disclosed, and little would ever be known about the nature of the game. It was announced in early 2014 that Black Tusk would be the new developers of future titles in the Gears of War (Franchise) franchise, after Microsoft purchased the IP rights from Epic Games (Company). Additionally, series producer Rod Fergusson (Person) would join Black Tusk as the studio manager. On June 3, 2015 the studio was renamed to "The Coalition" in an effort to have the studio's name reflect the property it oversees, similar to how 343is dedicated to the Halo franchise.

Developed Games

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Microsoft Flight (Game)

27 February 2012

Take a tour around Hawaii and Alaska in this light free-to-play reboot of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series.

PC​

Gears 5 (Game)

10 September 2019

As humanity goes to war against the Swarm, Kait Diaz sets out to uncover her own connection to Sera's enemies of the past and present.

PC​ XONE​ XSX​

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Company details

Name

The Coalition

Abbreviation

Founded

1 November 2012

Location

Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

Website

https://www.thecoalitionstudio.com/

Aliases

Black Tusk Studios,Microsoft Vancouver

Developed Games

• Microsoft Flight (Game)
• Gears 5 (Game)
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Published Games

• None
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Franchises

• Gears of War (Franchise)
• Counter-Strike (Franchise)
• Funko (Franchise)
• Metal Gear (Franchise)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Franchise)
• Pop! (Franchise)
• The Matrix (Franchise)

People

• Chris Esaki (Person)
• Cliff Bleszinski (Person)
• Hideo Kojima (Person)
• Kevin Riepl (Person)

Characters

• Marcus Fenix (Character)
• Augustus Cole (Character)
• Damon Baird (Character)
• Dominic Santiago (Character)
• Reyna Diaz (Character)
• Anya Stroud (Character)
• Delmont Walker (Character)
• JD Fenix (Character)
• Jack (Character)
• Kait Diaz (Character)
• Mina Jinn (Character)
• Sam Byrne (Character)
• Bernadette Mataki (Character)
• Clayton Carmine (Character)
• Colonel Victor Hoffman (Character)
• General RAAM (Character)
• Myrrah (Character)
• Adam Fenix (Character)
• Anthony Carmine (Character)
• Benjamin Carmine (Character)

Concepts

• Achievements (Concept)
• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• Online (Concept)
• Xbox Game Pass (Concept)
• 60 FPS on Console (Concept)
• Auto-Save (Concept)
• Blood (Concept)
• Boss Fight (Concept)
• Chapters (Concept)
• Checkpoint (Concept)
• Credits Menu Option (Concept)
• Cutscene (Concept)
• Death (Concept)
• Destructible Cover (Concept)
• Difficulty Level (Concept)
• Downloadable Content (Concept)
• Enemy Sniper (Concept)
• Exploding Enemies (Concept)
• Extreme Violence (Concept)
• Fire (Concept)

Locations

• Sera (Location)
• Kitchen (Location)
• Mine (Location)
• Abandoned Buildings (Location)
• Adam Fenix's Estate (Location)
• Airport (Location)
• Alaska (Location)
• Basement (Location)
• Book Shop (Location)
• Bridge (Location)
• Catacombs (Location)
• Chicago (Location)
• Construction Site (Location)
• Desert (Location)
• Greenhouse (Location)
• Hawai'i (Location)
• Na Pali (Location)
• Prison (Location)
• Theater (Location)
• Train (Location)

Objects

• Explosives (Object)
• Facial Hair (Object)
• Gnasher Shotgun (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Lancer (Object)
• Poster (Object)
• Scope (Object)
• Truck (Object)
• Ammo (Object)
• Armor (Object)
• Bandana (Object)
• Bolo Grenade (Object)
• Boltok Pistol (Object)
• Book (Object)
• Boomshot Grenade Launcher (Object)
• Bridge (Object)
• Button (Object)
• Car (Object)
• Chainsaw Bayonet (Object)
• Computer (Object)